2000 AD #863

Prog 863 of 2000 AD hits November 1993 with a cover promising "fast and furious future fisticuffs" — and it delivers visually, showing a white-haired fighter in a red jacket launching himself into battle against a massively muscled opponent, while a clawed pink creature lunges from the foreground and an explosive device tumbles through the air above them. The cover art by Anthony Williams frames this as "Sam's Last Stand in Mean Arena," teasing a brutal showdown with the story arc "Vicious Circle!" Inside, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, and Dermot Power continue their collaboration on "Book of the Dead, Part 5," making this a compelling weekly package from one of British comics' most enduring anthologies.